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Yanchao Bi is a researcher affiliated with Beijing Normal University in China, specializing in neuroscience and psychology. Their work primarily focuses on cognitive neuroscience, with extensive research in social psychology and experimental and cognitive psychology. The researcher also contributes to developmental and educational psychology and explores topics related to radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The main topics Yanchao Bi has investigated include the neurobiology of language and bilingualism, action observation and synchronization, visual perception and processing mechanisms, multisensory perception and integration, neural and behavioral psychology studies, tactile and sensory interactions, and functional brain connectivity studies.

The scientist has published frequently in various venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Journal of Vision
  • Neuron
  • Journal of Neuroscience

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Yanchao Bi are:

  • "Dual coding of knowledge in the human brain" (2021), published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Two Forms of Knowledge Representations in the Human Brain" (2020), published in Neuron
  • "Spoken language comprehension activates the primary visual cortex" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "What we mean when we say semantic: Toward a multidisciplinary semantic glossary" (2024), published in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
  • "Human lifespan changes in the brain's functional connectome" (2025), published in Nature Neuroscience

Yanchao Bi has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Xiaoying Wang
  • Xiaosha Wang
  • Ching-Po Lin
  • Huichao Yang
  • Ella Striem-Amit

Best Publications

  • Identifying and Mapping Connectivity Patterns of Brain Network Hubs in Alzheimer's Disease

    Zhengjia Dai;Chaogan Yan;Kuncheng Li;Zhiqun Wang

  • The specific-word frequency effect: implications for the representation of homophones in speech production.

    Alfonso Caramazza;Albert Costa;Michele Miozzo;Yanchao Bi

  • Predicting Conceptual Processing Capacity from Spontaneous Neuronal Activity of the Left Middle Temporal Gyrus

    Tao Wei;Xia Liang;Yong He;Yufeng Zang

  • Early Development of Functional Network Segregation Revealed by Connectomic Analysis of the Preterm Human Brain

    Miao Cao;Yong He;Zhengjia Dai;Xuhong Liao

  • White matter structural connectivity underlying semantic processing: evidence from brain damaged patients

    Zaizhu Han;Yujun Ma;Gaolang Gong;Yong He

  • Object Domain and Modality in the Ventral Visual Pathway

    Yanchao Bi;Xiaoying Wang;Alfonso Caramazza

  • Intrinsic functional network architecture of human semantic processing: Modules and hubs.

    Yangwen Xu;Qixiang Lin;Zaizhu Han;Yong He

  • Tool selectivity in left occipitotemporal cortex develops without vision

    Marius V. Peelen;Stefania Bracci;Xueming Lu;Chenxi He

  • Organizational Principles of Abstract Words in the Human Brain.

    Xiaosha Wang;Wei Wu;Zhenhua Ling;Yangwen Xu

  • Selectivity for large nonmanipulable objects in scene-selective visual cortex does not require visual experience

    Chenxi He;Marius V. Peelen;Marius V. Peelen;Zaizhu Han;Nan Lin

  • A tale of two frequencies: Determining the speed of lexical access for Mandarin Chinese and English compounds

    Niels Janssen;Yanchao Bi;Alfonso Caramazza

  • Dual coding of knowledge in the human brain

    Yanchao Bi;Yanchao Bi

  • Nonvisual and visual object shape representations in occipitotemporal cortex: evidence from congenitally blind and sighted adults.

    Marius V Peelen;Chenxi He;Zaizhu Han;Alfonso Caramazza;Alfonso Caramazza

  • The role of the left anterior temporal lobe in language processing revisited: Evidence from an individual with ATL resection

    Yanchao Bi;Tao Wei;Chenxing Wu;Zaizhu Han

  • Two Forms of Knowledge Representations in the Human Brain.

    Xiaoying Wang;Xiaoying Wang;Weiwei Men;Jiahong Gao;Jiahong Gao;Alfonso Caramazza;Alfonso Caramazza

  • Where color rests: spontaneous brain activity of bilateral fusiform and lingual regions predicts object color knowledge performance.

    Xiaoying Wang;Zaizhu Han;Yong He;Alfonso Caramazza;Alfonso Caramazza

  • Is there phonologically mediated access to lexical semantics in reading Chinese

    Xiaolin Zhou;Hua Shu;Yanchao Bi;Dongfang Shi

  • Neural representation of visual concepts in people born blind.

    Ella Striem-Amit;Ella Striem-Amit;Xiaoying Wang;Yanchao Bi;Alfonso Caramazza;Alfonso Caramazza

  • A Tri-network Model of Human Semantic Processing.

    Yangwen Xu;Yong He;Yanchao Bi

  • The orthographic buffer in writing Chinese characters: Evidence from a dysgraphic patient

    Zaizhu Han;Yumei Zhang;Hua Shu;Yanchao Bi

  • How Visual Is the Visual Cortex? Comparing Connectional and Functional Fingerprints between Congenitally Blind and Sighted Individuals

    Xiaoying Wang;Marius V Peelen;Zaizhu Han;Chenxi He

  • Cross-Modal Plasticity Preserves Functional Specialization in Posterior Parietal Cortex

    Angelika Lingnau;Lukas Strnad;Lukas Strnad;Chenxi He;Sara Fabbri

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfonso Caramazza
Alfonso Caramazza Harvard University
Hua Shu
Hua Shu Beijing Normal University
Óscar F. Gonçalves
Óscar F. Gonçalves University of Coimbra
Albert Costa
Albert Costa Pompeu Fabra University
Bradford Z. Mahon
Bradford Z. Mahon Carnegie Mellon University
Elissa L. Newport
Elissa L. Newport Georgetown University
Michele Miozzo
Michele Miozzo Columbia University
Brendan S. Weekes
Brendan S. Weekes University of Hong Kong
Qi Dong
Qi Dong Beijing Normal University
Xiaolin Zhou
Xiaolin Zhou Peking University

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